Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Freshdesk
Score 8.6 out of 10
N/A
Freshdesk is a cloud-based customer service software that helps businesses of all sizes to deliver customer support. Freshdesk converts requests coming in via email, web, phone, chat, and social into tickets, and unifies ticket resolution across channels. Additionally, Freshdesk lets the user automate workflows, provide self-service, manage SLAs, and measure metrics, to stay on top of customer support. Freshdesk also offers out-of-the-box features like an AI-powered support chatbot,…
$0
Up to 10 agents per user
Korero
Score 8.9 out of 10
Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
Korero is designed to be a one stop solution for Customer Relationship Management, Collaboration and Communication combined with Automation features to empower and make your sales team highly effective and productive. Primarily focused on the B2B and Small & Medium Enterprises sector, Korero boasts a simplified User Interface for a great User Experience. Korero is available as a Software as a Service solution – pay as you go, cloud enabled with an omnichannel presence (Android…
$10
per user
Pricing
FreshdeskKorero
Editions & Modules
Free
$0
Up to 10 agents
Growth
$15
per month per agent
Pro
$49
per month per agent
Enterprise
$69
per month per agent
Basic
$10.00
per user
Professional
$22.00
per user
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
FreshdeskKorero
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
Additional DetailsPricing is computed on a monthly basis, exclusive of VAT and minimum time is 1 month.
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Features
FreshdeskKorero
Incident and problem management
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Freshdesk
8.4
145 Ratings
6% above category average
Korero
-
Ratings
Organize and prioritize service tickets8.7141 Ratings00 Ratings
Expert directory8.195 Ratings00 Ratings
Subscription-based notifications8.43 Ratings00 Ratings
ITSM collaboration and documentation7.64 Ratings00 Ratings
Ticket creation and submission8.7142 Ratings00 Ratings
Ticket response8.7142 Ratings00 Ratings
Self Help Community
Comparison of Self Help Community features of Product A and Product B
Freshdesk
8.3
130 Ratings
7% above category average
Korero
-
Ratings
External knowledge base8.4116 Ratings00 Ratings
Internal knowledge base8.3120 Ratings00 Ratings
Multi-Channel Help
Comparison of Multi-Channel Help features of Product A and Product B
Freshdesk
8.4
138 Ratings
9% above category average
Korero
-
Ratings
Customer portal8.1116 Ratings00 Ratings
IVR8.143 Ratings00 Ratings
Social integration8.672 Ratings00 Ratings
Email support8.7138 Ratings00 Ratings
Help Desk CRM integration8.384 Ratings00 Ratings
Sales Force Automation
Comparison of Sales Force Automation features of Product A and Product B
Freshdesk
-
Ratings
Korero
8.2
3 Ratings
7% above category average
Customer data management / contact management00 Ratings8.23 Ratings
Workflow management00 Ratings8.13 Ratings
Opportunity management00 Ratings8.43 Ratings
Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)00 Ratings9.11 Ratings
Quote & order management00 Ratings7.13 Ratings
Channel / partner relationship management00 Ratings8.21 Ratings
Customer Service & Support
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Freshdesk
-
Ratings
Korero
7.5
3 Ratings
0% below category average
Case management00 Ratings8.13 Ratings
Help desk management00 Ratings6.93 Ratings
Marketing Automation
Comparison of Marketing Automation features of Product A and Product B
Freshdesk
-
Ratings
Korero
7.8
3 Ratings
3% above category average
Lead management00 Ratings7.93 Ratings
Email marketing00 Ratings7.72 Ratings
CRM Project Management
Comparison of CRM Project Management features of Product A and Product B
Freshdesk
-
Ratings
Korero
8.3
3 Ratings
9% above category average
Task management00 Ratings8.63 Ratings
Billing and invoicing management00 Ratings8.13 Ratings
Reporting00 Ratings8.12 Ratings
CRM Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of CRM Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Freshdesk
-
Ratings
Korero
8.5
3 Ratings
11% above category average
Pipeline visualization00 Ratings8.53 Ratings
Customization
Comparison of Customization features of Product A and Product B
Freshdesk
-
Ratings
Korero
8.1
3 Ratings
7% above category average
Custom fields00 Ratings7.43 Ratings
Scripting environment00 Ratings8.62 Ratings
API for custom integration00 Ratings8.21 Ratings
Social CRM
Comparison of Social CRM features of Product A and Product B
Freshdesk
-
Ratings
Korero
6.4
1 Ratings
13% below category average
Social data00 Ratings6.41 Ratings
Platform
Comparison of Platform features of Product A and Product B
Freshdesk
-
Ratings
Korero
8.1
3 Ratings
8% above category average
Mobile access00 Ratings8.13 Ratings
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
Freshdesk
-
Ratings
Korero
8.5
3 Ratings
2% above category average
Role-based user permissions00 Ratings8.53 Ratings
Best Alternatives
FreshdeskKorero
Small Businesses
Agiloft Flexible Service Desk Suite
Agiloft Flexible Service Desk Suite
Score 9.0 out of 10
Salesmate
Salesmate
Score 9.8 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Agiloft Flexible Service Desk Suite
Agiloft Flexible Service Desk Suite
Score 9.0 out of 10
Creatio
Creatio
Score 9.1 out of 10
Enterprises
Salesforce Service Cloud
Salesforce Service Cloud
Score 8.7 out of 10
Creatio
Creatio
Score 9.1 out of 10
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User Ratings
FreshdeskKorero
Likelihood to Recommend
8.8
(212 ratings)
8.8
(3 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.8
(14 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
8.9
(35 ratings)
8.5
(3 ratings)
Availability
9.1
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
8.6
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
8.6
(33 ratings)
7.9
(3 ratings)
In-Person Training
8.2
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Online Training
8.0
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
8.4
(142 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Configurability
8.4
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
9.1
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
8.8
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
9.1
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
8.0
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
7.9
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
FreshdeskKorero
Likelihood to Recommend
Freshworks Inc
Using a collection of Skill Based Ticket Assignment, Ticket Allocation, and alerts, we’ve been able to bring our average resolution time to under half our previous time. This is done by making sure the right tickets get to the right agents, and by ensuring agents are followed up on to ensure they do not forget deadlines on tickets in their queue. Furthermore, tickets which would be open for weeks due to lack of a client response are now closed automatically following a prompt email to the end-user
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Innoverenit
Korero would be the best choice for freelance professionals, small and medium size companies, in my opinion. It is also a great platform for those who are looking for ATS and CRM together at an affordable price. For a one man company it becomes expensive to buy software and manage relationships and recruitment process online and in that scenario Korero platform comes handy with its offerings and price. Its relatively new in the market so I would say they can bring more add-ons with time but for now I feel it has a lot of potential to support the recruiters like me and many other businesses.
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Pros
Freshworks Inc
  • Follow up on all conversations that enter and are easy to use by the employee and save responses ready for use.
  • Find out the average rate of the number of conversations that occur in the company and conduct the analysis.
  • There is a feature it allows one to take a permit in the name of the employee who responds to the conversation and to know the problem faced by the customer and the solution.
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  • User friendly
  • Great support
  • Very affordable
  • Simple to use
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Cons
Freshworks Inc
  • Ticket templates and canned responses should be able to be used interchangeably. We frequently have the same response in both fields.
  • The spam filter can be a little too aggressive. We have had issues with tickets being accidentally marked as spam then filtering incorrectly for weeks at a time.
  • Freshdesk doesn't quite have the right integrations with our other providers (Vonage, and Avochato, to name a few).
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  • UI and UX
  • They provide good support but it can be improved
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Likelihood to Renew
Freshworks Inc
We are extremely happy with Freshdesk and can foresee using it for the next year. We might only consider using a different platform if our average daily ticket volume reaches four digits and its AI isn’t enough to handle our needs by then. While we haven’t tested this yet, we have read reviews that it’s AI capabilities are lacking
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Innoverenit
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Usability
Freshworks Inc
I gave it a rating of 9 out of 10 because they delivered on everything we asked them to do. Easy to setup, easy to deploy to end users, easy to customize, easy to enter tickets and so much more. Our experience with their support is top notch! After opening a ticket for support they call use back within 10 minutes every time!
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Innoverenit
I’m pretty happy with Korero as it gives me an easy to use interface and a holistic view for my sales and recruitment requirements. It helps me keep a tab on various open opportunities and ones in the pipeline. At this point of time, my business requirements are well met.
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Reliability and Availability
Freshworks Inc
I have encountered a lot of errors in the Freshdesk, however, they tend to resolve it on priority or at least they will share the timeline by when this can be resolved. Most of the time the issue has been from the other partner's end. They take time to resolve their vendor issues and they don't have any timelines in case of developed app errors.
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Innoverenit
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Performance
Freshworks Inc
The reports take a lot of time to download if the time period is large. Also, the tickets take their sweet time to open and load. It is not fast as Zendesk. Only 30 tickets are visible in a single go and there isn't any option to select all. If we need to change the pages and dashboards it takes a lot of time to open.
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Innoverenit
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
Freshworks Inc
The main thing about Freshdesk user service is that once a request has been made for information about a feature of the platform, the support team responds to tickets quickly, within a day of writing and submitting them, with information that is concise enough so that there is no need to ask for help on the same topic again.
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Innoverenit
The support team is open for discussions and to look into to improve the system that is suits for us. If needed they are always available and they solve problems very fast. They give us the feeling that we are important for them. They don’t charge extra for any small questions. The support is very friendly.
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In-Person Training
Freshworks Inc
In-person training is provided to all the agents and it is very easy to learn the basics of the Freshdesk interface. Solving tickets via dashboards, replying to the guest queries in bulk via Freshdesk. The training which is a bit hard is creating the logic according to the ticket flow and intergeration.
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Innoverenit
No answers on this topic
Online Training
Freshworks Inc
This tool is no doubt easy to learn but in-person training is a lot better than online training. It takes time to grasp things in the online training, however, in pandemic we have done all the training online. Apart from a bit more time we haven't faced any issues with online training.
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Innoverenit
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Implementation Rating
Freshworks Inc
Not applicable. I have never used a support desk system before and FreshDesk had already been implemented at my company before I joined. I am not involved in financial decisions and I have no opinion on buzzwords like "time to productivity" and "time to value"
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Innoverenit
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Alternatives Considered
Freshworks Inc
FreshDesk was the best combination of ease of use and price. While inexpensive, even the lowest tier offered more functionality than the other guys, and the learning curve is almost nonexistent so it's easy to add new agents and get them up to speed quickly instead of having them spend days getting use to the UI.
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Innoverenit
Price point is a great advantage as it combines ATS and CRM . Easy to navigate and the best part is if I feel something is missing and needs improvement, I leave feedback and the company acts upon it. The support team is very responsive and my work has never been hindered.
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
Freshworks Inc
The pricing we had taken is on yearly basis but the subscription and billing frequency that we have is on monthly basis. I would not want to make any changes to it, it is a seamless process with all the contract terms and we both agreed on it. It should be as per the customer's need.
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Innoverenit
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Scalability
Freshworks Inc
The product they have developed is amazing. They have made different products for emails, tickets, chats & calls as well. It is flexible according to multiple departments. The finance team can use it, the Customer support team is using it, we can use it in call centres, emails etc. We can use these tickets internally as well to create child tickets and assign them to different departments for query resolution.
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Innoverenit
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Return on Investment
Freshworks Inc
  • Freshdesk is certainly better than nothing, or a simple shared inbox
  • Freshdesk is frustrating to incorporate social media with
  • Freshdesk excels at ticket management
  • Freshdesk needs to do more to bring it into alignment with business, rather than 'just' service desk needs.
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Innoverenit
  • Increased sales' achievements by considerable number
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ScreenShots

Korero Screenshots

Screenshot of Out-of-the-box Analytics - Pre configured Key Performance Indicators, Configurable Fiscal period settings, Real time Business performance reports for CEOs & Sales leadersScreenshot of Workflows integrated with Opportunity lifecycle,  ensures task governance  to deliver high quality quotesScreenshot of Approvals management - Easy configuration of processes for managing ApprovalsScreenshot of Perspectives view - Tile layout with analytics presented on Click of PulseScreenshot of Collaboration - Break the Silos - include users from other functions / disciplines, also extend invite to your alliance partners as collaboratorsScreenshot of Automation of Leads management and distribution